Messages - syhprum

Our mesurements of the speed of light are those made in our galaxy enveloped in dark matter,is there any evidence as to its speed outside this clump of dark matter as I understand that dark matter is not spread uniformly throughout space

Electrons are at first sight simple but are stranger than what you might think, apart from the infinities that crop up there is another argument as to why they cannot be of zero dimensions. We are told that they spin, now when I observe something spinning the front side is moving in one direction and the backside in the other, if there is no distance between front and back there can be no spin.Is it possible that an electron has a very small dimension say meter*10-35 (planck limit?) which is unobservable (al la string theory) When they are moving they have a well defined wavelength rather like photons but with rest mass

Gravitaional acceleration in proportional to the combined masses, Galileo's 100Kg canon ball falls ever so slightly faster than his 1Kg one because not only is the earth pulling it down it is pulling the earth up

I am very pleased to get an answer so quickly, I wonder if you could clarify one or two points.1, am I right in assuming that the amount of time dilation (younging!) depends only on how closely I approach c.2, as it is required for the object to be decelerated to zero velocity when it returns should there be a factor of two in the energy equation.3, I looped my object around a black hole to get it to return this would seem to take one from special relativity general relativity or is it of no consequence.4, my arithmetic is very weak could you please give a worked example of a body acquiring a time dilation of one second in 1000 seconds to give some idea of the magnitudes involved.

If I accelerate a body to near c velocity it flies away from me loops round a black hole and returns.It is well estabished that it will have aged less that a similar body that has remained with me, now the question is the energy balance how many joules are reqired to make 1kg of matter one second younger and does this imply that the mere passing of time creates energy/mass

I think Nexus puts forward a sound argument for the non existence of gravitons but I believe there is adequate evidence for the existence of dark matter from light lensing observations as well as galatic rotation

I think the problem is mostly economic, gold miners are prepared to go down 3000 meters where the geothemal energy is only a nuisence not a useful source of power.Close to the UK there is an abundent soucre of Geothermal power (Iceland) and I hope to see the day when it is exported to us via a superconduting cable but I do not know if the the cost will ever bejustified.

I have seen many UFO's that in the strict sense of the word were to me flying objects that were un-identifiable, so what!.Why should I make the ludicrous assumption that they were visiters from outer space etc.

when I was at school we were taught a rather simplified form of Newtonian physics that said that an object shot up moved in and parabolic path until it returned to earth.This of course would be true if the earth was flat and of infinite extent but it is not!The path taken is of course eliptical albeit that one of the foci is within the earth.as the velocity is increased both foci are outside the earth and the object is in orbitI have never been able to get anyone to admit the path taken is other than parabolic.

When we speak of light (photons) travelling in a vacuum what we are in fact observing is photons travelling through the dark matter with which our galaxy in enveloped.Has any attempt been made to measure the speed between galaxies away from the dark matter.Not to mention the sea of quantum particles/anti-particles neutrinos, Gravitons, and the 2.7°K CBR that fills space

when I was at school we were taught a rather simplified form of Newtonian physics that said that an object shot up moved in and parabolic path until it returned to earth.This of course would be true if the earth was flat and of infinite extent but it is not!The path taken is of course eliptical albeit that one of the foci is within the earth.as the velocity is increased both foci are outside the earth and the object is in orbitI have never been able to get anyone to admit the path taken is other than parabolic.